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HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsI certainly want the hon. Lady to share her constituent’s experience with me and with Ministers in the Department, particularly the concerns that she raises about how the calls…12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsThere was quite a lot there, Mr Speaker, and I think that if I were to answer all of that, I would be at real risk of incurring your wrath. Two million passports were issued in…12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsI would always want to see common sense shown in these matters. The hon. Lady suggests that it would be worthwhile to share the specifics of the case with me. I would certainly…12 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who, as ever, puts his case forcefully but entirely respectfully. When there are compassionate or compelling circumstances, steps can be taken…12 May 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe hon. Lady can shout from a sedentary position, but perhaps she will listen to the answer, which is that we believe not only that it is very important that those who require…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillIt would be useful, for the benefit of the House and of the country more generally, if the hon. Gentleman could confirm whether an incoming Labour Government—in the eventuality…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillWith the leave of the House, I will conclude by observing that we have long debated these issues. The other place asked us to reflect, and we have, repeatedly. This House has been…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 5D.26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI hope that this will be the final time in these proceedings around the Nationality and Borders Bill. I will first turn to compliance with the refugee convention. All measures in…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The time has now come to get on, to pass this Bill and to make the changes that we so desperately need to shift the dynamic, to end these…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe hon. Gentleman’s remarks are effectively a charter for doing nothing. What is unacceptable is for people to continue putting their life in the hands of evil criminal gangs…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary should rightly take a lot of credit for getting this new world-leading partnership over the line. My right hon. Friend the Member for South…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI am afraid that we often hear long and convoluted explanations of why we should just accept the status quo, why we should do nothing and why all the interventions are wrong. We…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI will not repeat the many, many occasions on which I have set out on the Floor of the House and in Committee during the Bill’s passage the many and varied safe and legal routes…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillMy hon. Friend probes me on this with good reason. Off the top of my head, I believe that one of them was won by one vote, one was won by eight votes and one was won by 25 votes.…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI refer the hon. Lady to the new plan for immigration and the steps we have consistently set out that we will be taking to improve the situation on caseworking. It is imperative…26 Apr 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThere is a whole of Government effort to counter these dangerous and unnecessary crossings. That effort is reflected in the recent changes that the Government have made to…25 Apr 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationOne thing we absolutely know is that my hon. Friend’s constituents are very perceptive. They will recognise that the Labour party has no credible alternative that recognises the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the distinction between illegal entry into this country and people coming via safe and legal routes. I know that his constituents…25 Apr 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationThe right hon. Gentleman will recognise that I am not the Minister with direct responsibility for the refugee scheme, but I will gladly ensure that his feedback is heard by my…25 Apr 2022